News

AllianzGI increases shareholder engagement during 2020 with focus on compensation

Asset manager attended 6.8% more meetings last year voting on ESG and human rights concerns

News round-up - 22 February 2021

M&G; ASR; Axa IM; Barings; Berkshire Hathaway; Climate Action 100; Aviva Investors

Poste Vita aims for internal model and less volatile solvency ratio

Focus on more diverse investments as solvency ratio veers between extremes

Varma recovers from Q1 2020 falls to post positive Q4 investment return

Continues work to decrease carbon footprint

Chart of the week: where to take risk, investments or underwriting?

Swiss Re sees investment return fall, and warns of worse to come

Avoided many 'fallen angels' and impairments

QBE looks to underwriting as investment yields fall further

Re-risking general account not on agenda, CFO says

Allianz's asset managers are only part of group to grow operating profits in 2020

External and total assets both sit at record high

NN Group betting even more on mortgages with additional €3bn invested

Annual results showed increase in illiquids allocation

Asset mix plays crucial role in predicting life insurers' failures, research finds

Two economists from the French regulators highlight role of investments in insurers' insolvency